Early Childhood Journeys

Episode 37 is in celebration of a fellow Latina Educator for Hispanic & Latin American Heritage Month, Erika Argueta. Erika is a Bilingual Arizona Department of Education Early Childhood Unit's Program Specialist for Yuma, La Paz and Mohave County, and a bit of Maricopa County too! Erika talks about the work that the Early Childhood Unit does, her role in Arizona as well as her early childhood journey as a migrant farm worker before she started in the early childhood field. Arizona has a growing Latino population and that includes many migrant families that pick our food whose children are enrolled in various early childhood programs and AZ school districts.

#HispanicHeritageMonth

Learn more about the Arizona's Early Childhood Unit here.

Connect with Erika via email at: [email protected]

Resources on Hispanic Heritage Month via the #LatinasInED page here.

Resource from Colorin Colorado to help migrant students succeed here.

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Connect with host, Marissa and the Early Childhood Journeys podcast at: earlychildhoodjourneys.com

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Ep. 36 host Marissa Calderón has a conversation with Jessica Hipskind, a newly found foster care mom to her young 7 year old sister after a tragic death occurs in their family. Get ready to be inspired, meet a new hero, and grab some tissue for some possible tears too!

Excerpt: "Take your whole family to the special needs classes...so that your whole family gets well versed into this new life with special needs..."

For more about Raising Special Kids visit their website here.

To connect with Jessica Hipskind, follow her on Twitter at @HipskindJessica.

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Episode 35 pre-recorded LIVE from the AZ First Things First Early Childhood Summit at the Phoenix Convention Center with participants Elsa Bonilla and daughter Stefany Paredes. Host Marissa Calderón chats with them after the conference for their summit reflections including how they will use the content in their practice.

Connect with Elsa Bonilla, a ECE COP Coordinator and FTF Regional Partner Council Member from the the Tohono O'odham Community College at: www.ece4tocc.org and email at [email protected].

Connect with Stefany Paredes, North Pima Regional Partnership Council Member and Infant Lead Teacher at: [email protected]

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Ep. 34 host, Marissa Calderón chats with Christopher Lawrence from Teaching Strategies, a curriculum for Early Childhood Educators for Birth through 3rd grade. Christopher and Marissa chat about his practice, family and the importance of the male early childhood teacher including the common misconceptions about their role in the classroom.

Connect with Christopher via email at: [email protected]

Learn more about Teaching Strategies here.

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Bonus Episode with host Marissa Calderón and Carla Rivera-Cruz from the EDphiphany Podcast. Carla and Marissa chat about the #LatinasInED upcoming twitter chat, being Latina Educators and lack of representation of classroom teachers in the K-12 space over some bomb-ass Tequila in the beautiful Studio 85 Podcast Studios in Peoria, AZ.

Warning: curse words are said in this episode!

To book a FREE podcast session at the Studio 85 studios, connect with Joe Anderson here.

To learn more about Carla Rivera-Cruz check out her website here.

To follow the #LatinasInED twitter chat go here.

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Episode 33 of Season 2! Podcast Host, Marissa Calderón is joined by Treasures 4 Teachers Tucson Director Adrienne Ledford. They chat about this 100% volunteer run non-profit teacher resource and how they also provide a high-school volunteer job program for Special Ed youth.

More about all the good things this Tucson gem provides visit their website at: T4Teachers.org

Check them out on Facebook and on Instagram.

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Episode 32 with Developmental Pre-K Educator Elena Estrada. This episode was recorded at Los Reyes de La Torta in Tempe, AZ so you'll hear some background audio from the location.

Elena works as an Educator with Isaac School District in Phoenix AZ where she supervises and supports preschool children and their families who have a preschool age child with special needs. Many insights on what this looks like for teachers in the classroom as well as for the community on the importance of having these resources for families of children with a diagnosis.

Have questions about Developmental Pre-K or Parent Workshops? Contact Elena Estrada here.

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Ep. 30 with Al Pajak from STEM Nation, a former Vertebrate Paleontologist AKA a working scientist...Al shares his experience as a past classroom teacher and his new journey as a PH.D student in the science field. Al also provides STEM workshops and trainings for K-12 grade classrooms and stresses the importance of student-driven learning and trusting your students!

Connect with Al Pajak via email at: [email protected]

Al Pajak on Twitter

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